Alexander the Great quotes

There is nothing impossible to him who will try. (Alexander the Great)
I am dying with the help of too many physicians. View quote
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If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes. View quote
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I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion. View quote
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For my part, I assure you, I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion. View quote
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I do not pilfer victory. View quote
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I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. View quote
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Are you still to learn that the end and perfection of our victories is to avoid the vices and infirmities of those whom we subdue? View quote
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Sex and sleep alone make me conscious that I am mortal. View quote
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Are there no more worlds that I might conquer? View quote
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Your ancestors came to Macedonia and the rest of Hellas [Greece] and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury. I have been appointed leader of the Greeks, and wanting to punish the Persians I have come to Asia, which I took from you. (Alexander the Great)
I consider not what Parmenio should receive, but what Alexander should give. View quote
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Shall I pass by and leave you lying there because of the expedition you led against Greece, or shall I set you up again because of your magnanimity and your virtues in other respects? View quote
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Know ye not that the end and object of conquest is to avoid doing the same thing as the conquered? View quote
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Holy shadows of the dead, I'm not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and brother people, to fight one another. I do not feel happy for this victory of mine. On the contrary, I would be glad, brothers, if I had all of you standing here next to me, since we are united by the same language, the same blood and the same visions. View quote
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Youths of the Pellaians and of the Macedonians and of the Hellenic Amphictiony and of the Lakedaimonians and of the Corinthians... and of all the Hellenic peoples, join your fellow-soldiers and entrust yourselves to me, so that we can move against the barbarians and liberate ourselves from the Persian bondage, for as Greeks we should not be slaves to barbarians. View quote
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So would I, if I were Parmenion. View quote
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Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all. View quote
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How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens. View quote
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To the strongest! View quote
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Dinocrates, I appreciate your design as excellent in composition, and I am delighted with it, but I apprehend that anybody who should found a city in that spot would be censured for bad judgement. For as a newborn babe cannot be nourished without the nurse's milk, nor conducted to the approaches that lead to growth in life, so a city cannot thrive without fields and the fruits thereof pouring into its walls. (Alexander the Great)
What an excellent horse do they lose, for want of address and boldness to manage him! ... I could manage this horse better than others do. View quote
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An army of stags led by a lion would be better than an army of lions led by a stag. View quote
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If it were not my purpose to combine barbarian things with things Hellenic, to traverse and civilize every continent, to search out the uttermost parts of land and sea, to push the bounds of Macedonia to the farthest Ocean, and to disseminate and shower the blessings of the Hellenic justice and peace over every nation, I should not be content to sit quietly in the luxury of idle power, but I should emulate the frugality of Diogenes. But as things are, forgive me Diogenes, that I imitate Herakles, and emulate Perseus, and follow in the footsteps of Dionysos, the divine author and progenitor of my family, and desire that victorious Hellenes should dance again in India and revive the memory of the Bacchic revels among the savage mountain tribes beyond the Kaukasos... View quote
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Now you fear punishment and beg for your lives, so I will let you free, if not for any other reason so that you can see the difference between a Greek king and a barbarian tyrant, so do not expect to suffer any harm from me. A king does not kill messengers. View quote
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